The Outdoors in Again

Noodle necklaces are the height of fashion around the Davis house.

rice is a great alternative to sand


Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

So, it is 8:00 on a Wednesday morning and I have offically pulled out all my tricks. I am SO over the cold weather and being trapped inside with a toddler that I have brought in the outside toys. I washed off the snow and dirt and here are a few pics of Owen enjoying my ideas. Luckily Owen has a friend coming over today so he won't drive me to crazy :)

Something fishy

Here is Owen after he touched the shark.


The penguins had 2 new chicks although you can't see them here.

What a smile.


We had a family outing to Newport Aquarium this weekend and I thought I would share a few pics. After seeing the first few fish Owen was ready to see 'the other animals' but much to his dismay there were only fish. He did get to touch a shark. He also really enjoyed the penguin exhibt. Madeline seemed to enjoy herself as you can tell by the smiles.

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Promised Pics

Here are the pics I promised.

2 month check up

I swear I have a picture of Madeline to post, but as the camera is in her room and she is asleep it will have to wait. Friday was Madeline's 2 month check up (after a canceled appointment on Tuesday due to snow) and all is well. She is 10 lbs 6.5 oz and 22 inches long. She is in the 25th percentile for weight so I am not so sure that she really is a Davis :) since Owen has consistently been in the 90th. I think we are making progress in the reflux/colic arena. She has had some good nights lately which is a bonus. As for Owen, well he had a stomach bug (which means he vomited all over my van) but seems to be feeling just fine now. He is such a great kid and big brother. He dotes on Madeline all the time and is very protective of her. The other day we were getting his allergy shots and a lady in the waiting room was talking to Madeline saying how cute she was. Big brother steps in, covers Madeline up and says "Thats my baby sister... you no look at her...mommy take her home now!!" Luckily the lady didn't understand all that he said so I just laughed it off and said how protective he was of her.

Snow Day

We finally got some winter weather around here so Owen and I ventured outside to check it out. It was way to cold but he still wanted to make a "frosty" so I brought some of the outdoors in.

Medical Marvels and Colic

So, for the past 4 weeks we having been trying to figure out what is going on with poor Madeline. She has been having problems with lots of spit up, reflux, and just in general poor times with her little belly. So on Tuesday we had to go have an Upper GI done to rule out piloric stensis. Let me tell you that this was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Madeline had a little bottle of barium to drink and then I stood there and watched it go from her mouth to her belly. Thankfully she does not have piloric stenosis but we still haven't really figured out what is wrong. We got really worried when from Friday to Saturday she went from 10 lbs 6 oz. to 9 lbs 12 ozs. However, we were back in the Dr.'s office yesterday and she is back up to 10 lbs. We are currently trying prevacid and the most expensive formula on the market to see if we can't get her feeling better. We go back to the Dr. for her 2 month check on Tuesday so hopefully we will either be much better by then or we can try something else.

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I know it has been a bit since you have gotten to see pics of my adorable children so I hope this helps. We were at the zoo on Sunday and everyone had a blast (well I assume that Madeline had a good time since she was asleep the whole time).

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